I am in London on a study abroad program. That means that I am with the same 24 people like all the time. Anyway, there are two people that I think have taken a disliking to me. Why? I don't know. But let me tell you why I think they have something against me. These two people will be referred to as J & P ( Read more... )

This is an email I sent to Verizon Wireless customer service after getting pissed off while trying for an hour, unsuccessfully, to check my voice mail ( Read more... )

I recently became an employee of Cobb Coffee Shop. I have enjoyed my ( Read more... )

Today, February 27th, 2005, is my 20th birthday! Thank you. I am very happy today, but if there's one thing that's bothering me, it is the fact that the city of Chicago recently named February 27th, 2005; "Kanye West Day ( Read more... )

In my experience as an upper middle class white kid from suburban Cleveland, I have found that there are two "rap" or "hip-hop" songs that are commonly memorized by other kids like me. For some reason, every white kid my age knows all the words to "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-lot and "Ice, Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice. Why is it that so many white ( Read more... )

"Poo-etry" by Grampa Kellen ( Read more... )

1.) So I am sitting in the Mac Lab right now. The Mac Lab is a cluster of sweet Mac computers in the basement of the library where people can print stuff out for free, type stuff out, check their email, procrastinate, basically just general computer use. Anywayy, for some purpose that I am not quite sure of, they name the computers. For example ( Read more... )

I can't believe that it has been so long since I have updated. It isn't really that nothing funny has happened in my life, because hilarious things happen all the time around me. I think I may be getting lazy! I'll try to turn this bad habit of not writing around ( Read more... )

I have a fear. It may even be classified as a phobia. It pretty much ( Read more... )

The following entry was inspired byspacefood
(http://www.livejournal.com/users/spacefood/1821.html?mode=reply)

The question at hand is "What is the origin of marching band music and why the hell is it still around?"

The history of Marching Band dates back to some ( Read more... )